I'm going to have a vasectomy?

Question

I need some advice from guys that have already had it done. What was the actual surgery like? Did it hurt? Did getting a couple shots down there hurt? What about afterwards, how sore was it? How is your sex life afterwards?

Thanks for any answers, I'm really nervous about it, and its still 2 weeks away.

Answer 1

Don't forget to search for resolved questions on vasectomies. This had been answered in the past as well, as now. That way you can benefit from the answers you get now, and those given in the past to other inquires. :)

Anyway, the surgery was a piece of cake. It hurt a little when they applied the local pain killer, but that was it.

Just make sure you follow directions exactly. If you don't you might get an infection, or suffer pain.

I drove myself home. I was back to work in two days. I was back to having sex in a week. My sex life has never been better. That was 20 years ago. I have no scar, and never suffered any pain. I still think my vasectomy was the coolest choice I ever made.

One last detail that most people don't know about. Make sure you are getting a "traditional" vasectomy (the kind they have been doing since 1909). If you get one of those, so called, high tech vasectomies, you will at risk to coming back to get it done over again.

Answer 2

No big deal. You feel the needle for the numbing shot, but if you can handle a needle in the arm, you can handle this. The procedure is uncomfortable at times, but not painful - you're numbed pretty good. You'll feel some tugging sensations.

Afterwards, an ice pack, Motrin as needed, loose clothing. Two days after mine, I went on a bus trip of six or seven hours and walked around the destination city without problems. I'd never worn boxers until this, on the doctor's recommendation, and never went back to wearing briefs.

No difference at all with sex. Why would there be? All you're doing is replacing the live shells with blanks, the 'bang' is still the same.

Answer 3

When I had it done, my wife drove me. This doctor had two offices, one within a mile or so of my house, and the other was about 20 miles away.
I took my drugs as instructed and by the time we got to his office (the one that was 20miles away) I was feeling pretty loopy.

When we got there the girl at the front desk told my wife that I didn't have an appointment. She ended up calling to the other office only to find out that was where I was supposed to be. My wife had about 12 minutes to cover the 20 miles back to the other office. We have 4 kids at this point. You can rest assured that she made it back to the other office in time for me to have the procedure.

While I'm waiting to get the snip, my wife is looking through the booklets in the urologists office. She asked me if I would like to take a look one of the pamphlets. At this point I was pretty high, and nervous, so I passed up the urge to start perusing "The Vasectomy and You" pamphlets. She decides I need to know a little bit about what is in the book anyway and proclaims "Did you know that a vasectomy won't save a marriage?" I'm thinking to myself "truer words have never been spoken." The picture on the front of the pamphlet shows a picture of the family with the man staring off into oblivion in what appears to be a state of neutered bliss.

Fast forward to being layed out on the table, the doc has just given me my second shot, the one that goes into the vas def. That's the one that he told me would feel like "I'm gently squeezing your right testicle." Yeah, with a pair of vice grips. My wife iss sitting behind the doc, watching in earnest as my entire body lifts up off the table like a scene from the 'Excorcist'. A few moments later a feel something warm running down my leg, or did I? With the drugs in full swing now, I'm not sure. That's when I hear my wife proclaim (she is a nurse btw), "The way that blood is pulsing, you must have nicked an ARTERY."

Oh great, what a way to go. I'm going to bleed out right here on the urologists table whilst getting a vasectomy and make into the next issue of "news of the weird" or something like that. This is not the way I had planned to go...

Before I bled out, he patched me up and sent me on my way. That night I went out, pain meds in hand, and had a few beers and threw some darts. Throwing the darts wasn't hard, I just had to really take my time going to the board to retrieve them.

One last thing, the doctor said that I had to "run one out" so to speak, at least 15 times before I was to be tested to ensure I was indeed shooting blanks. I was able to acheive that feat in a mere 8 days, cause I am the MAN. Wife didn't help me once. Go figure.

Answer 4

If you are having it done in the Urologists office, you will go into an exam room and lie on a table. He will hit you with some novacaine and make an incision. He will fish around in your sac looking for the Vas Deferens. He will bring the Vas through the incision, clamp it, cut it and collect a portion to go to pathology (any time a doc cuts something off, it goes to pathology for viewing). He will then suture the incision.
This procedure will be repeated on the other side.
Be sure to take an athletic supporter with you. Believe me, even if your junk isnt low hanging normally, you will want the support. Also, be prepared for unprecedented brusing, swelling and all manner of color changes.
Make sure you get some good pain meds too.

Answer 5

I had mine done like 26 yrs ago and I'm sure they have less invasive ways of doing it now but don't worry about it. They will give you a small bit of topical anesthetic before any shots and even if they don't it doesn't feel like more than just a quick pinch of the skin. and it will be a little bit sore after wards for a couple of days then be alright and sex will be a lot freer because of the lack of fear of pregnancy. Just be sure you really want it.

Answer 6

Think about this before you have it done and almost no doctors will tell you this....there is a slightly higher risk of prostrate cancer by having a vasectomy.

I thought about it at one time and when I learned of the higher risk I didn't do it. I am sure there is some variation to the risk factor with each man but it is still a risk I don't care to take.

Answer 7

well based on what i learned in school recently, the process is when the surgeon cut off your sperm duct (the tube that transports sperm from your balls to your penis) and tie it...

take note, its permanent contraception... reversing it back would be impossible or risky... think twice bro